Flash fiction is a style of writing which involves producing very short pieces of fictional literature. This is quite different to the concept of a short story, which is usually several pages long and can notch up thousands of words. Works of flash fiction, by contrast, can comprise as little as a single page or 250 words.
The term flash fiction has a number of lexical variants, including micro-fiction,sudden fiction,postcard fiction,short short and short short story. One explanation for this range of alternatives might be the fact that there's no widely accepted definition of the genre in terms of length – one user of the term may interpret it as up to a 1000 words, another as under 300. Sometimes however, distinctions between these variant terms are made, so that for instance 1000 words can be considered the cut-off point between flash fiction and the slightly longer sudden fiction. The term micro-fiction is often reserved for stories which are less than 300 words long.
Who writes this type of fiction? This type of fiction is written by anyone who is interested in any genre, which is often shared pages dedicated to this genre.
How is this fiction received by the general audience, literary critics, or professional (corporate) writers and publishers? This type of fiction has grown in popularity, both professionals and non-professionals. this fiction is appreciated by people of different ages.
Why
Why did your group get interested in this type of fiction? We were interested in this type of fiction as it is very popular among young people and the genre of this story is of our interest.
Examples
Rafael Rivera Gonzalez Title: Jeff The Killer Author: Sesseur Year: 2008
This story is about a psychopathic killer named Jeff and how he became well known as Jeff The Killer. It starts as Jeff’s family moves into a new neighborhood, Jeff and his brother Liu are invited to a birthday party as they were about to object their mother said they would be delighted to go. Next day as Jeff and Liu were about to go catch the bus, they were harassed by three kids Troy, Keith and Randy, Randy pulls out a knife and threatened to hurt Them Jeff starts to get that burning sensation, as Randy were about to finish his sentence Jeff quickly took out Troy, Keith and Randy with ease. After Jeff and Liu got home they saw two police men talking with their mother and their mother asked them what happened they said the truth that they were attacked first but there were no evidence to prove who attacked first there was only one witness who said both Jeff and Liu ran away but as the officers were to take Jeff to Juvy, Liu told the officers that it was his fault so they took Liu to Juvy. It was Saturday when Jeff’s mother wakes him up to go to the birthday party he and Liu were invited to go and as for Jeff surprise Randy, Troy and Keith were also at the party looking for revenge so Randy started fighting Jeff to a part that starts stabbing Jeff and breaking a bottle of vodka in Jeff’s head as Randy was taunting Jeff to get up that were it happened Something inside Jeff snaps. His psyche is destroyed, all rational thinking is gone, all he can do, is kill. And he did indeed kill Randy.As Troy and Keith were going to avenge Randy they pour bleach on Jeff and took out a lighter and lit him up. Jeff woke up in the hospital, Jeff parents is afraid how Jeff ended up with his face completely white, burnt lips and his hair change from brown to black. Jeff now back in the house he carved his mouth from cheek to cheek and burnt his eye lids and when Jeff’s mother sees him she goes to his father and tried to put Jeff down, since Jeff’s mind was already gone he was psychopathic killer and at the moment he sees his mother and father in the room he quickly kills them, and at the end Jeff also kills his brother Liu but before he does he said these words to his brother “Shhhhhhh,” Jeff said,”Just go to sleep.”
I like how this story was made is not as a traditional slasher story instead is more of psychological slasher story, because some authors like to make it that way for us the readers.
Examples Heidy Torres Flores Title: Lost ingredient Author: Taylor Eaton Year: 2013
This story tells about two brothers who like to pick apples in the orchard. On one occasion they decided to climb higher than accustomed. I began to darken and found with apple tree. at night those apples seemed to know better than usual. They spent all night enjoying apples. Years went by and returned to that tree, but nothing was the same, something had changed.
This story caught my attention because it is related to childhood, which is passed too quickly and now feel nostalgia for those days in which you do not have many worries. The memories we have of our children will follow in our memory, as shown in this story.
Exposition: After weeks of unexplained murders, the ominous unknown killer is still on the rise. After little evidence has been found, a young boy states that he survived one of the killer’s attacks and bravely tells his story. Rising Action: “Oh? And what will you do?” Just as he finished the sentence, Jeff popped the kid in the nose. As Randy reached for his face, Jeff grabbed the kid’s wrist and broke it. Randy screamed and Jeff grabbed the knife from his hand. Troy and Keith rushed Jeff, but Jeff was too quick. He threw Randy to the ground. Keith lashed out at him, but Jeff ducked and stabbed him in the arm. Keith dropped his knife and fell to the ground screaming. Troy rushd him too, but Jeff didn’t even need the knife. He just punched Troy straight in the stomach and Troy went down. As he fell, he puked all over. Liu could do nothing but look in amazement at Jeff. Climax: “Oh, finally! you stand and fight!” Jeff is now to his feet, blood and vodka on his face. Once again he gets that strange feeling, the one in which he hasn’t felt for a while. “Finally. He’s up!” says Randy as he runs at Jeff. That’s when it happens. Something inside Jeff snaps. His psyche is destroyed, all rational thinking is gone, all he can do, is kill. He grabs Randy and pile drives him to the ground. He gets on top of him and punches him straight in the heart. The punch causes Randy’s heart to stop. As Randy gasps for breath. Jeff hammers down on him. Punch after punch, blood gushes from Randy’s body, until he takes one final breath, and dies. Falling Action: “Uh… Jeff, are you okay?” “Okay? I’ve never felt more happy! Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa, look at me. This face goes perfectly with me!” He couldn’t stop laughing. He stroked his face feeling it. Looking at it in the mirror. What caused this? Well, you may recall that when Jeff was fighting Randy something in his mind, his sanity, snapped. Now he was left as a crazy killing machine, that is, his parents didn’t know. Resolution: As he was on the border of slumber, he got the strangest feeling that someone was watching him. He looked up, before Jeff’s hand covered his mouth. He slowly raised the knife ready to plunge it into Liu. Liu thrashed here and there trying to escape Jeff’s grip.
“Shhhhhhh,” Jeff said,”Just go to sleep.” Chacracters: Jeff, Liu, Randy, Troy, Keith and Jeff's Parents. Genre: Horror Fiction Literary Element: Narrative Voice
Authors:
Rafael Rivera Gonzalez and Heidy Torres FloresDefinition
Flash fiction is a style of writing which involves producing very short pieces of fictional literature. This is quite different to the concept of a short story, which is usually several pages long and can notch up thousands of words. Works of flash fiction, by contrast, can comprise as little as a single page or 250 words.
The term flash fiction has a number of lexical variants, including micro-fiction, sudden fiction, postcard fiction, short short and short short story. One explanation for this range of alternatives might be the fact that there's no widely accepted definition of the genre in terms of length – one user of the term may interpret it as up to a 1000 words, another as under 300. Sometimes however, distinctions between these variant terms are made, so that for instance 1000 words can be considered the cut-off point between flash fiction and the slightly longer sudden fiction. The term micro-fiction is often reserved for stories which are less than 300 words long.
The link where found the definition:
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/flash-fiction.html
Who
Who writes this type of fiction? This type of fiction is written by anyone who is interested in any genre, which is often shared pages dedicated to this genre.
Where
Some people publish their work on this site:http://flashfictiononline.com/main/
and some who like horror base micro fiction their is this site:
http://www.creepypasta.com/
When
When did this type of fiction emerge? This type of fiction born approximately to the twentieth century in China and Japan.
http://www.writersdock.com/2011/10/16/a-short-history-of-microfiction/
How
How is this fiction received by the general audience, literary critics, or professional (corporate) writers and publishers? This type of fiction has grown in popularity, both professionals and non-professionals. this fiction is appreciated by people of different ages.
Why
Why did your group get interested in this type of fiction? We were interested in this type of fiction as it is very popular among young people and the genre of this story is of our interest.
Examples
Rafael Rivera GonzalezTitle: Jeff The Killer
Author: Sesseur
Year: 2008
This story is about a psychopathic killer named Jeff and how he became well known as Jeff The Killer. It starts as Jeff’s family moves into a new neighborhood, Jeff and his brother Liu are invited to a birthday party as they were about to object their mother said they would be delighted to go. Next day as Jeff and Liu were about to go catch the bus, they were harassed by three kids Troy, Keith and Randy, Randy pulls out a knife and threatened to hurt Them Jeff starts to get that burning sensation, as Randy were about to finish his sentence Jeff quickly took out Troy, Keith and Randy with ease. After Jeff and Liu got home they saw two police men talking with their mother and their mother asked them what happened they said the truth that they were attacked first but there were no evidence to prove who attacked first there was only one witness who said both Jeff and Liu ran away but as the officers were to take Jeff to Juvy, Liu told the officers that it was his fault so they took Liu to Juvy. It was Saturday when Jeff’s mother wakes him up to go to the birthday party he and Liu were invited to go and as for Jeff surprise Randy, Troy and Keith were also at the party looking for revenge so Randy started fighting Jeff to a part that starts stabbing Jeff and breaking a bottle of vodka in Jeff’s head as Randy was taunting Jeff to get up that were it happened Something inside Jeff snaps. His psyche is destroyed, all rational thinking is gone, all he can do, is kill. And he did indeed kill Randy. As Troy and Keith were going to avenge Randy they pour bleach on Jeff and took out a lighter and lit him up. Jeff woke up in the hospital, Jeff parents is afraid how Jeff ended up with his face completely white, burnt lips and his hair change from brown to black. Jeff now back in the house he carved his mouth from cheek to cheek and burnt his eye lids and when Jeff’s mother sees him she goes to his father and tried to put Jeff down, since Jeff’s mind was already gone he was psychopathic killer and at the moment he sees his mother and father in the room he quickly kills them, and at the end Jeff also kills his brother Liu but before he does he said these words to his brother “Shhhhhhh,” Jeff said,”Just go to sleep.”
http://www.creepypasta.com/jeff-the-killer/
I like how this story was made is not as a traditional slasher story instead is more of psychological slasher story, because some authors like to make it that way for us the readers.
Examples
Heidy Torres Flores
Title: Lost ingredient
Author: Taylor Eaton
Year: 2013
This story tells about two brothers who like to pick apples in the orchard. On one occasion they decided to climb higher than accustomed. I began to darken and found with apple tree. at night those apples seemed to know better than usual. They spent all night enjoying apples. Years went by and returned to that tree, but nothing was the same, something had changed.
This story caught my attention because it is related to childhood, which is passed too quickly and now feel nostalgia for those days in which you do not have many worries. The memories we have of our children will follow in our memory, as shown in this story.
http://littlewritelies.com/2013/09/16/lost-ingredient/
Analysis of a Text
Exposition: After weeks of unexplained murders, the ominous unknown killer is still on the rise. After little evidence has been found, a young boy states that he survived one of the killer’s attacks and bravely tells his story.
Rising Action: “Oh? And what will you do?” Just as he finished the sentence, Jeff popped the kid in the nose. As Randy reached for his face, Jeff grabbed the kid’s wrist and broke it. Randy screamed and Jeff grabbed the knife from his hand. Troy and Keith rushed Jeff, but Jeff was too quick. He threw Randy to the ground. Keith lashed out at him, but Jeff ducked and stabbed him in the arm. Keith dropped his knife and fell to the ground screaming. Troy rushd him too, but Jeff didn’t even need the knife. He just punched Troy straight in the stomach and Troy went down. As he fell, he puked all over. Liu could do nothing but look in amazement at Jeff.
Climax: “Oh, finally! you stand and fight!” Jeff is now to his feet, blood and vodka on his face. Once again he gets that strange feeling, the one in which he hasn’t felt for a while. “Finally. He’s up!” says Randy as he runs at Jeff. That’s when it happens. Something inside Jeff snaps. His psyche is destroyed, all rational thinking is gone, all he can do, is kill. He grabs Randy and pile drives him to the ground. He gets on top of him and punches him straight in the heart. The punch causes Randy’s heart to stop. As Randy gasps for breath. Jeff hammers down on him. Punch after punch, blood gushes from Randy’s body, until he takes one final breath, and dies.
Falling Action: “Uh… Jeff, are you okay?” “Okay? I’ve never felt more happy! Ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaa, look at me. This face goes perfectly with me!” He couldn’t stop laughing. He stroked his face feeling it. Looking at it in the mirror. What caused this? Well, you may recall that when Jeff was fighting Randy something in his mind, his sanity, snapped. Now he was left as a crazy killing machine, that is, his parents didn’t know.
Resolution: As he was on the border of slumber, he got the strangest feeling that someone was watching him. He looked up, before Jeff’s hand covered his mouth. He slowly raised the knife ready to plunge it into Liu. Liu thrashed here and there trying to escape Jeff’s grip.
“Shhhhhhh,” Jeff said,”Just go to sleep.”
Chacracters: Jeff, Liu, Randy, Troy, Keith and Jeff's Parents.
Genre: Horror Fiction
Literary Element: Narrative Voice